Bodyguard tells of moment he shot Khalid Masood

The close protection officer who shot dead the Westminster terrorist broke down in court yesterday as he told how he believed “he was going to kill me”.

The bodyguard, known only as SA74, described firing on Khalid Masood as he advanced on him with two knives covered in the blood of PC Keith Palmer.

SA74, who was protecting the defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon, told Masood’s inquest at the Old Bailey he was “certain that something terrible was happening” at the Houses of Parliament on March 22 last year.

He shot Masood three times with his Glock pistol after the Islamist terrorist ignored his warning and kept advancing on him. Masood, 52, had already fatally stabbed PC Palmer and killed four pedestrians on Westminster Bridge…

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